at the start of gtn he had 4 lyctors and he said that wasn’t enough so then he called all the heirs of his houses together to get some more lyctors… and of the nine house heirs that showed up:
only 2 became lyctors
2 were captured by the rebellion
literally every single other house heir was killed
and by the end of htn john only has 1 lyctor because:
cytherea, mercy, and augustine all betrayed him and died(?)
harrow tried to undo her lyctorhood and died(?)
g1deon is also dead(?)
and not to mention his only lyctor left is ianthe. so what’s john’s plan now???? his last brilliant plan to get more lyctors ended with him even more shorthanded…. so now he’s gotta be desperate. and i was also thinking about how it’s also implied that john put down alecto because his lyctors begged him to…. what if he wakes her back up… just some thoughts
What is John’s Rainy Day plan. I never thought of him waking up Alecto. I might need to sit down.
ianthe: uh, Teacher. what’s the plan now?
john: *in pajama bottoms, eating ice cream straight from the container after being dumped by his polycule* we’re onto Plan Z. im gonna wake up A.L.
ianthe: AL……. as in your uncontrollable, unkillable, bloodthirsty monster cav that mercy and augustine were terrified of?
john: yop. she’s actually just really misunderstood. i can fix her—
john looking at the grand total of “Operation Get Reinforcements” and seeing that he went from three lyctors to one (1) tall ass blonde girl with one working arm and a bad personality who is 100% plotting to overthrow him:
